Improved car-coupling



H. C. PAYSON.

I Car Coupling. N0.'69.123. Patented Sept. 24, 867.

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HENRY PAYSON, OF IIAYDENVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letter-s- Iafcni, No. 69,123, dated iS'qJt nnbm' 24, 1867.

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Be it known that I, HENRY C. lArsoN, of Ilaydcnvillc, Hampshire county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Gar-Coupling; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists. of a coupling, so arranged that the cars are connected when brought together without the aid of a person between them, and it more particularly consists in so arranging this coupling that cars of various heights may be shackled without change of the parts. In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side section of my ear-coupling, showing the interior arrangements.

Figure 2 is a front view, and

Figure 3 a side view.

I will now describe the construction and operation of this invention.

Within the hunter A I arrange the shackle-piece 13, which is pivoted at U, and is usually kept in a horizontal position by its own weight; and for the purpose of lifting the same, I arrange the double lever 1) on the side of the hunter, which acts on the pin E for the purpose mentioned. The shackle-piece 13 has arranged on its front end two or more projections, (1 a &c., and the front part of the hunter intermediate between these projections is brought to an edge at Z 6 b in such a manner that the link K, when forced against the front end of the hunter, must enter one of the springs c c c, and thus pass under the inclined surface (Z Z J of one of the hook-like projections a a u.

The operation of shackling is simply as follows: The cars coming together, the end of the link is forced into the hunter through one of the openings 0 e 1:, in either of which it strikes the inclined surface of one ot' the projections a on the shackle-piece 13,,thus raising it and passing under, allowing it (the shackle) to fasten the link within the hunter by dropping down into it (the link.) In order to unshackle the cars, it is simply necessary to raise the front end of the shackle-piece, which allows the link to pull out, the projection 16 being removed from it. This is accomplished by the lever D, which, being raised, also raises the shackle-piece, as before mentioned. If desired, the part- II of this lever may be arranged on a shaft which is connected with the part It, and which passes outside the cars; and it may also be arranged with a catch or ratchet, to hold the shackle up when desired, leaving the cars free to be drawn apart at any time; or the details of construction may be otherwise varied.

New, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The shackle B, having three or more hooks a a a, and operated by the lever D, in combination with the banter A, having the corresponding entrances c c 0, arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

HENRY C. PAYSON.

Witnesses:

1-1. W. J onnson, OIIAUNCEY Rios. 

